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    After the Civil War‚ America entered a period of many feuds and conflicts between groups within the country. An examination of this time period reveals that many groups such as African Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and industrial workers were being marginalized in America‚ which led to much conflict and fighting in the country. Many of those in power allowed for many of these injustices to occur due to their bias priorities and lack of sympathy. During the Civil War‚ America split in half between

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    Teenagers should not be treated as adults when they are mentally undeveloped and are not capable of thinking twice about the consequences to their actions. Teenagers are at a sensitive stage in their life where thinking twice about a decision is not taken seriously‚ they become numb to what people advice and act solely on natural impulses. In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thomson‚ a research group at the University of California has noticed a “pattern of brain growth in individual children and teenagers

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    group. Some features include issues affecting teenagers such as in orientation of major themes‚ and simplicity that captures the group’s attention. This paper seeks to explore the book Before We Were Free with the aim of proving the work as adolescent literature. In order to achieve this‚ the paper will analyze the book in relation to characteristics of adolescents’ literature. One of the major features of adolescent literature that is applied in the text is an adolescent protagonist. This

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    How useful and reliable are these sources in explaining how womens lives were affected by World War 1? This essay is going to be about World Ward 1‚ which started in 1914 and ended in 1918‚ and how it affected the livs of women. The war made an impact on lives of many women‚ some in a positive way and some in a negative. Before WW1 women had very little policital power and were considered inferior to men. Men didn’t see the need for women to have a voice‚ and that their opinion was not needed.

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    having Candide mature through his journey. Candide realizes that the world is more than Westphalia‚ and that Westphalia is not the best place in the world. Candide begins to apprehend that if he wants to live in the best world he must construct it. In the novel Candide by Voltaire‚ the characters Pangloss‚Cacambo‚ and Martin help contribute to Candide’s growth in different ways‚ such as Candide being heavily influenced by Pangloss philosophy at the start of the novel. Later‚ when Candide ventures

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    P.7 Candide was a book written by Francois- Marie Arouet also known as Voltaire in 1759‚ and takes place in Switzerland. The book was about the journey’s of young man named Candide and the things he experienced and the people he met throughout his journey. Candide was first published by Dover Publications in New York‚ 1991. This book was chosen for me to read so that I could gain full understanding of what it was like to live in that time period and the distinct ways of life that were practiced

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    Although there are some reasons for children to take medications for their health‚ they should not be treated with antidepressants for many reasons. Many remember the trend in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired the film Valley of the Dolls. Housewives were taking Valium as if it were candy. Today‚ things have changed. The Antidrug commercials urge parents to get help and their children off drugs too. At the same time‚ parents are on the other hand urged to keep their children in check. In this pill

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    How free were blacks in the North? Freedom really means to determine action without restraint. In the Revolutionary war era‚ this was not true. Freedom meant to not be enslaved. The few rights that came with it were bonuses. Blacks did not have freedom the north. Blacks in the North were limited to very few political rights. They were given the right to vote in less than half of the states in the north. Despite one exception‚ there weren’t any blacks on any juries. Despite few political rights

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    Topic: Portrayal of women in Media This research focuses on the representation of women in media which mainly includes television and film‚ entertainment and fiction based media. This research shows how women are being portrayed positively as well as negatively in media. There is no doubt that the roles available to women have changed considerably over the past few decades and that the images and plot lines for women now‚ were impossible to imagine that they would be accepted 30 years from now

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    Thai Government should invest more in public hospitals The Ministry of Public Health of the Thai government should invest more funds to rural public hospitals which nowadays are still lower than the standard measure in comparison with hospitals in the capital city. The MOPH should do something‚ because morally as a democratic nation all citizens of Thailand should have all equal rights to live‚ because they are the people who help creates the country and pay taxes. Furthermore‚ the rural population

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